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Cathy has been working as Creative Manager for Closet Works since 2015. Prior to that, she was Senior Designer for the Suzo-Happ Group in Mount Prospect, IL.

A passionate designer with a "can do" attitude and the ability to straddle both the technology needs of current communications and traditional design, I specialize in both print and web based solutions. Strengths include:

  • Organization, composition, color & typography — the fundamentals of good design
  • Demonstrated ability to successfully design and guide projects from concept to completion, moving quickly and comfortably between projects while maintaining a high level of creative
  • Proven talent at providing professional work that meets the highest quality standards, while adhering to strict deadlines and budgets

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"If you can't access my LinkedIn profile, just send a networking request — I'll add you. You can also use the contact form available on this website."

A traditional, non-digital portfolio containing the sketches, idea development and wireframes for recent web, print and digital projects, as well as actual print samples, is available for your review when you schedule a meeting with Cathy.

  • Design of all communications, marketing and presentation graphics for print and digital delivery
  • Website design (complete or front end) including banners, motion graphics, galleries, self-filling forms, google maps, online calendars and other interactive elements
  • Animation design
  • Art direction
  • WAGC 2.0 Compliance (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines & section 508 Americans with Disabilities Act)
  • Website maintenance or set-up of content management system
  • Print Management

Specialties

  • Adobe Creative Suite:
    Illustrator; Indesign;
    Photoshop; Bridge;
    XD; Dreamweaver
    Premier; Acrobat
  • Quark XPress
  • CSS 2 & 3
  • HTML 4 & 5
  • Responsive Design
  • XML
  • WordPress:
    Child Templates
    and admin

Award

  • 1st Place, 2012
    Illinois SkillsUSA
    & WOW.org Web
    Design Competition
  • 2nd Place, 2012
    National SkillsUSA
    & WOW.org Web
    Design Competition

Working Knowledge

  • (Working with existing scripts)
  • JavaScript / AJAX / JQuery
  • ActionScript 3
  • PHP
  • mySQL
  • ColdFusion



  • ADA / WAGC 2.0 Compliance
  • Adobe Contribute
  • SEO

Currently employed in a full-time/staff design position at Suzo-Happ and not taking freelance assignments

Large Corporations

  • American Dental Association**
  • Barilla USA
  • Fenwal Corporation
  • Gerber Foods
  • Girl Scouts Greater Chicago
    & Northwest Indiana District 1
  • Kraft Foods
  • Pactiv Corporation
  • Tenneco Packaging
  • Tombstone Pizza
  • Training Pros
  • Walgreens Corporation**
  • Zebra Technologies
  • *Placed through Creative Circle
  • **Placed through Training Pros

Small Businesses

  • CCASTD
  • Creative Circle
  • Drake Resource Group
  • Friends of the Kumasi Education Project
  • Glassination Studio
  • Inspired Learning.net
  • Jodie's Kitchen, Inc.
  • Lorec & Associates, Inc.
  • Riverside Foundation
  • Ruth B. Duda & Associates
  • Society for Sales & Marketing Training (SMT)

Education

BFA in Graphic Design, honors, - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign


Additional professional development - College of Lake County

  • Dreamweaver & Web Design
  • Advanced Web Design
  • Interactive Web Design
  • Dynamic Web Design
  • Animation
  • Interactive Animation
  • PHP scripting with mySQL
  • Advanced CSS 2, 3
  • Digital Photography

Digital Analytics Fundamentals - Google Analytics Academy,
Certificate of Completion


Awards

  • 1st Place for Web Design - Skills USA Illinois Competition - 2012
  • 2nd Place for Web Design - Skills USA National Competition - 2012